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Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth. Per the National Museum of African American History and Culture: Cabinet card depicting Sojourner Truth seated, wearing a dark dress and a white shawl and cap. Her right arm is folded at the waist, her left arm is resting on a small table. She holds knitting in her left hand. On the table are a book and a vase of flowers. Beneath her image is a printed caption that reads "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance / Sojourner Truth."[1] On the back in the center is a block of printed text that reads "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by SOJOURNER TRUTH, in the clerk's office, of the U.S. District Court, for the Eastern District of Michigan." [Under that is written: "Purchased of Sojourner Truth / Apr 24th 1870 / Washington, D.C. / by J.P.R.[?]"]

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  • H x W (image): 5 1/2 x 4 in. (14 x 10.2 cm)
  • H x W (card): 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)
Date Copyright 1864; Purchased 1870.
Source Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Object Number 2013.207.1
Author Unknown photographer; Restored by
Adam Cuerden   
 
Description British
Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian
As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Date of birth 8 June 1979
Location of birth United States of America
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  1. ↑ Technically, it says "Snbstance", but the font makes it very hard to tell. The "u" was put into the... stamp? upside down, but the way the lines are weighted that's very hard to tell, especially if you know what it should say.

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